WHY DO YOU PAY BIG BUCKS FOR INTERNET LEADS??...A Need to Know..I am going to ask you 4 questions. You may not see the importance of the answer to these questions right now, but you will soon, maybe even at the end of this post! Please do not think these are trick questions---these are being aske
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04/15/2019
ZILLOWS "HOSTILE TAKEOVER" OF HAMPTON AND MANHATTAN BROKERAGE--FAIT ACCOMPLI!For all of you out there who have read my MANY articles about the stated goal of Zillow when they opened their doors in 2006, you can say you knew what would happen---you can even say you were warned!The goal? To "put al
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04/06/2019
DIRECT HUMAN INTERACTION--PART II--CHECKMATE!... Real estate today is an extremely complex profession! In today's marketing of real estate, there is a huge void in the interaction between the buyer/seller with the agent. The relationship between buyer/seller and their real estate agent was sacro
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03/31/2019
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY BUSINESS IF I STOP PAYING FOR LEADS???This was actually said to me when I spoke to a fellow agent about her participation with the biggest lead generator out there.I had asked her if she felt bad about what was happening to our real estate business here in the Hamptons, esp
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03/29/2019
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT SMUG ATTITUDE???Its been about 8 months now since I first took note of the change in the market here in the "Hamptons".Today, it is just as slow as it was 8 months ago and it is changing the face of the place that some call the "Playground of the Rich and Famous".Where we o
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03/27/2019
This is one of the MOST informative posts I have read in a long time! There is so much information that I got a little overwhelmed since I am not very tech savvy but I just had to re-blog it because many of you are--and beside, Peter seems like the right person to ask questions of!! Please read t
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10/03/2018
TIME TO RE-DESIGN OUR MARKETING/BRANDING??Three of the biggest influences in today's real estate market are: The Internet and its large tech companies, who have taken over the listings side and lead generation of the real estate business, now control the flow of listing information that the publi
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10/02/2018
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THE NICEST THING...It's Music To Our Ears!Rarely do we get to hear compliments in this profession--at least in my experience.A while ago however, I read a compliment that was written by our new Regional Vice President of The Hamptons, Carl Benincasa. It was an article that he wr
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08/22/2018
From Localism Posts To A Book...Sound Like A Good Idea?I wrote a post in 2010 about my adventures in blogging here on ActiveRain. Most of my posts are about The Hamptons with local information and history being my focus....and I do review some of my posts from time to time. I thought it could be
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07/30/2018
HOW DO YOU MARKET YOURSELF IN TODAY'S CHAOS??We are in a shifting real estate market in most parts of this country---Our customary ways of doing things may not even work anymore. We don't have the same ways of reaching the public as we once did...not so long ago!So many changes in social media
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07/27/2018
